MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Hospital Association said this week that hospital systems across the state are strained to near the breaking point and called on residents to do their part to help the systems weather the COVID-19 surge crisis. Locally, WVU Medicine Chief Medical Officer ...
MORGANTOWN – In light of the COVID-related stresses on medical systems across the state, Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday announced a new $48 million program to recruit and train new nurses. Last year, he said 1,700 West Virginia nurses didn't renew their licenses, and 68% of those said it was ...
WVU Today Viruses have a bad reputation for a good reason. But some viruses don’t harm people. Some can even help them. Researchers with the West Virginia University School of Medicine are studying how a benign virus can make new treatments for eye diseases ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Marking the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 vaccine’s availability in West Virginia, top health experts across the state are reaching out through an open letter to urge West Virginians to get vaccinated and boosted against the virus that causes ...
This week marks the one-year anniversary since Americans began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It seemed like a light at the end of the tunnel and a great way to end a horrible year. But because it took a few months to offer the vaccine to all age groups, the COVID-19 vaccine wasn’t a ...
The new dad, and his napping baby boy: Most of the time, Zach Evans will just stand there, taking in the miracle that is his son, Luke. Most of the time, the house is quiet – too quiet, after what happened – but this kind of solitude is, well, different. This is silence, that ...
